Investment in the Funds | 6. Investment in the Funds: On November 1, 2004, the assets allocated to Winton for trading were invested in Winton Master, a limited partnership organized under the partnership laws of the State of New York. The Partnership purchased 35,389.8399 units of Winton Master with cash equal to $33,594,083 and a contribution of open commodity futures and forwards contracts with a fair value of $1,795,757. Winton Master permits accounts managed by Winton using the Winton Futures Program (formerly, the Winton Diversified Program as applied without equities), a proprietary, systematic trading system, to invest together in one trading vehicle. The General Partner is also the general partner of Winton Master. Individual and pooled accounts currently managed by Winton, including the Partnership, are permitted to be limited partners of Winton Master. The General Partner and Winton believe that trading through this structure promotes efficiency and economy in the trading process. The General Partner and Winton have agreed that Winton will trade the Partnership’s assets allocated to Winton at a level that is up to 1.5 times the amount of assets allocated. On June 1, 2011, the Partnership allocated a portion of its assets with cash equal to $384,370,435 to Transtrend Master, a limited liability company organized under the limited liability company laws of the State of Delaware. Transtrend Master permits accounts managed by Transtrend using the Diversified Trend Program-Enhanced Risk Profile (US Dollar), a proprietary, systematic trading system, to invest together in one trading vehicle. Individual and pooled accounts managed by Transtrend, including the Partnership, are permitted to be non-managing members of Transtrend Master. The Trading Manager and Transtrend believe that trading through this structure promotes efficiency and economy in the trading process. On August 1, 2014, the assets allocated to Willowbridge for trading were invested in Willowbridge Master, a limited partnership organized under the partnership laws of the State of New York. The Partnership purchased 9,633.9313 units of Willowbridge Master with cash equal to $21,000,000. Willowbridge Master permits accounts managed by Willowbridge using its wPraxis Futures Trading Approach, a proprietary, discretionary trading system, to invest together in one trading vehicle. The General Partner is also the general partner of Willowbridge Master. Individual and pooled accounts currently managed by Willowbridge, including the Partnership, are permitted to be limited partners of Willowbridge Master. The General Partner and Willowbridge believe that trading through this structure promotes efficiency and economy in the trading process. The General Partner and Willowbridge have agreed that Willowbridge will trade the Partnership’s assets at a level that is up to three times the amount of the assets allocated. The General Partner is not aware of any material changes to any of the trading programs discussed above during the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2016. The Funds’ and the Partnership’s trading of futures, forward, swap, and option contracts, if applicable, on commodities is done primarily on U.S. and foreign commodity exchanges. The Funds and the Partnership engage in such trading through commodity brokerage accounts maintained with MS&Co. Generally, a limited partner/member in the Funds withdraws all or part of its capital contribution and undistributed profits, if any, from the Funds as of the end of any month (the “Redemption Date”) after a request has been made to the General Partner/Trading Manager at least three days in advance of the Redemption Date. Such withdrawals are classified as a liability when the limited partner/member elects to redeem and informs the Funds. However, for all Funds other than Winton Master, a limited partner/member may request a withdrawal as of the end of any day if such request is received by the General Partner/Trading Manager at least three days in advance of the proposed withdrawal day. Management fees, ongoing selling agent fees, the General Partner fees and incentive fees are charged at the Partnership level, except for management and incentive fees payable to Transtrend which are charged at the Transtrend Master level. Clearing fees are borne by the Funds and allocated to the Funds’ limited partners/non-managing members, including the Partnership. Clearing fees are also borne by the Partnership directly. Professional fees are borne by the Funds and allocated to the Partnership, and also charged directly at the Partnership level. At September 30, 2016, the Partnership owned approximately 52.9% of Winton Master, 94.0% of Transtrend Master and 74.6% of Willowbridge Master. At December 31, 2015, the Partnership owned approximately 58.4% of Winton Master, 96.1% of Transtrend Master and 82.0% of Willowbridge Master. It is the Partnership’s intention to continue to invest in the Funds. The performance of the Partnership is directly affected by the performance of the Funds. Expenses to investors as a result of investment in the Funds are approximately the same as they would be if the Partnership traded directly and redemption rights are not affected. Summarized information reflecting the total assets, liabilities and partners’ capital/members’ capital of the Funds is shown in the following tables: September 30, 2016 Total Assets Total Liabilities Total Capital Winton Master $ 540,690,280 $ 39,747 $ 540,650,533 Transtrend Master 309,925,896 676,896 309,249,000 Willowbridge Master 371,349,533 762,132 370,587,401 December 31, 2015 Total Assets Total Liabilities Total Capital Winton Master $ 603,348,671 $ 307,301 $ 603,041,370 Transtrend Master 375,412,557 351,832 375,060,725 Willowbridge Master 351,368,221 2,668,272 348,699,949 Summarized information reflecting the net investment income (loss), total trading results and net income (loss) of the Funds is shown in the following tables: For the three months ended September 30, 2016 Net Investment Total Trading Net Income Winton Master $ 189,297 $ (9,789,886) $ (9,600,589) Transtrend Master (1,119,494) (1,308,799) (2,428,293) Willowbridge Master (38,070) (8,182,932) (8,221,002) For the nine months ended September 30, 2016 Net Investment Total Trading Net Income Winton Master $ 480,775 $ 29,765,287 $ 30,246,062 Transtrend Master (5,657,306) 41,160,835 35,503,529 Willowbridge Master (222,525) (18,740,739) (18,963,264) For the three months ended September 30, 2015 Net Investment Total Trading Net Income Winton Master $ (211,840) $ 24,499,530 $ 24,287,690 Transtrend Master (1,655,018) 34,483,182 32,828,164 Willowbridge Master (145,834) 28,756,543 28,610,709 For the nine months ended September 30, 2015 Net Investment Total Trading Net Income Winton Master $ (663,319) $ 23,840,785 $ 23,177,466 Transtrend Master (11,948,868) 7,069,645 (4,879,223) Willowbridge Master (636,638) 15,134,368 14,497,730 Summarized information reflecting the Partnership’s investments in and the Partnership’s pro rata share of the results of operations of the Funds are shown in the following tables: September 30, 2016 For the three months ended September 30, 2016 % of Partners’ Expenses Net Income (Loss) Funds Fair Value Income (Loss) Clearing Fees Professional Management Incentive Fee Investment Redemptions Winton Master 27.72 % $ 285,835,139 $ (4,969,861) $ 81,284 $ 10,594 $ - $ - $ (5,061,739) Commodity Portfolio Monthly Transtrend Master 28.18 % 290,613,500 (882,343) 389,427 184 752,274 68,932 (2,093,160) Commodity Portfolio Monthly Willowbridge Master 26.80 % 276,329,348 (5,885,526) 190,114 14,816 - - (6,090,456) Commodity Portfolio Monthly Total $ 852,777,987 $ (11,737,730) $ 660,825 $ 25,594 $ 752,274 $ 68,932 $ (13,245,355) September 30, 2016 For the nine months ended September 30, 2016 % of Partners’ Expenses Net Income (Loss) Funds Fair Value Income (Loss) Clearing Fees Professional Management Incentive Fee Investment Redemptions Winton Master 27.72 % $ 285,835,139 $ 17,958,454 $ 265,297 $ 33,573 $ - $ - $ 17,659,584 Commodity Portfolio Monthly Transtrend Master 28.18 % 290,613,500 40,154,538 1,236,544 561 2,353,542 2,088,183 34,475,708 Commodity Portfolio Monthly Willowbridge Master 26.80 % 276,329,348 (13,216,604) 586,676 45,242 - - (13,848,522) Commodity Portfolio Monthly Total $ 852,777,987 $ 44,896,388 $ 2,088,517 $ 79,376 $ 2,353,542 $ 2,088,183 $ 38,286,770 December 31, 2015 For the three months ended September 30, 2015 % of Partners’ Expenses Net Income (Loss) Funds Fair Value Income (Loss) Clearing Fees Professional Management Investment Redemptions Winton Master 32.27 % $ 351,974,066 $ 15,670,438 $ 132,803 $ 14,997 $ - $ 15,522,638 Commodity Portfolio Monthly Transtrend Master 33.04 % 360,373,336 33,340,926 438,871 - 1,166,738 31,735,317 Commodity Portfolio Monthly Willowbridge Master 26.22 % 285,955,662 23,687,596 123,683 18,740 - 23,545,173 Commodity Portfolio Monthly Total $ 998,303,064 $ 72,698,960 $ 695,357 $ 33,737 $ 1,166,738 $ 70,803,128 December 31, 2015 For the nine months ended September 30, 2015 % of Partners’ Expenses Net Income (Loss) Funds Fair Value Income (Loss) Clearing Fees Professional Management Incentive Fee Investment Redemptions Winton Master 32.27 % $ 351,974,066 $ 16,678,525 $ 395,748 $ 56,813 $ - $ - $ 16,225,964 Commodity Portfolio Monthly Transtrend Master 33.04 % 360,373,336 6,513,891 1,244,437 - 3,781,500 6,569,923 (5,081,969) Commodity Portfolio Monthly Willowbridge Master 26.22 % 285,955,662 12,253,929 482,036 63,099 - - 11,708,794 Commodity Portfolio Monthly Total $ 998,303,064 $ 35,446,345 $ 2,122,221 $ 119,912 $ 3,781,500 $ 6,569,923 $ 22,852,789 |